God’s Antidote to Fear

00:00 well I want to welcome you to the Cameo
00:03 Healing Rooms I'm the director of the
00:05 Camarillo Healing Rooms along with my
00:07 husband and we're in our third session
00:10 of fearless living we're in session
00:13 three and it's called God's antidote to
00:16 fear
00:17 so let us pray so father I thank you and
00:20 I praise you for your goodness and your
00:23 mercy we thank you for your grace Lord
00:28 and we ask Lord that you would open up
00:31 our ears and open up our heart so that
00:35 we can see your son Jesus Christ as our
00:38 light our salvation and that we could
00:43 live without fear knowing that you are
00:46 with us and for us never leaving us and
00:49 never forsaking us we pray this in Jesus
00:53 name Amen so Roman numeral one fears
00:58 face and voice fear has a face and fear
01:04 has a voice even though it disguises
01:07 itself as many different faces and many
01:12 different voices each and every face of
01:15 fear that presents itself to you and to
01:19 the world around you originates from one
01:22 source and when you truly understand the
01:28 very source of every fear that is trying
01:31 to control and have dominion over your
01:34 life and those around you that you will
01:38 ardently desire like never before to
01:41 apply God's antidote to fear as revealed
01:45 by Psalm 27 so where did the face in the
01:49 voice of fear originally originate among
01:54 mankind in the history of mankind
01:57 it appeared way back in the Garden of
02:00 Eden at the beginning of the human race
02:02 and fear spoke into the hearts of Adam
02:07 and Eve God commanded Adam in Genesis
02:11 2:17
02:13 of every tree of the garden you may
02:16 freely eat but of the tree of the
02:20 knowledge of good and evil you shall not
02:22 eat of it for in the day that you eat of
02:24 it you shall surely die the serpent said
02:28 to Eve oh you will not surely die for
02:32 God knows that in the day of you that
02:34 you eat of it your eyes they're gonna be
02:37 open and you will be like God knowing
02:41 good and evil
02:43 fear provoked Adam and Eve to question
02:48 God's Word did God really tell them the
02:52 truth about the knowledge of the tree of
02:55 good and evil or was Satan telling them
02:59 the truth who should they trust when
03:03 they questioned God and his infallible
03:05 Word to them doubt entered into their
03:08 heart Webster's 1828 dictionary gives us
03:13 several definitions of doubt that I want
03:15 to highlight in this lesson one of the
03:18 definitions of doubt is to question when
03:22 you begin to question God's word for
03:24 your life you must understand that doubt
03:29 has come knocking at the door of your
03:32 heart doubt questions go something like
03:35 this did God really say that did God
03:40 really mean what he said did God really
03:43 expect me to follow his directions he
03:47 knows I'm not strong enough not capable
03:50 but enough I'm just not enough hmm
03:55 another definition of doubt is to feel
03:59 with fear isn't that something
04:03 feeling afraid therefore can be a sign
04:06 to you that doubt is knocking at the
04:11 door of your heart
04:13 doubt is also defined as a lack of trust
04:16 and a withholding of confidence when you
04:20 find yourself questioning God's Word or
04:22 feeling afraid recognize that it's a
04:25 time that you need a of
04:26 greater trust in God and not give in to
04:30 fear in Psalm 27 David begins and ends
04:35 his song with praising God and making
04:37 bold declarations of faith in God when
04:41 fear came knocking at the door of his
04:44 heart as he did this he was raising up a
04:49 definitive Zone in the invisible realm
04:53 that basically would say something like
04:55 this no fear is allowed here he was
05:01 dwelling in the house of the Lord and he
05:03 knew that he knew he was dwelling in the
05:06 very presence of God where there was a
05:09 360 degree invisible shield of
05:13 protection all around him as Christians
05:16 God has given you a dwelling place in
05:18 Jesus Christ you are literally in a no
05:23 fear a loud sound so don't allow fear to
05:28 draw you outside of your god-given place
05:31 in Christ and into his territory fear is
05:37 Satan's greatest weapon that he
05:40 relentlessly uses 24/7 to gain entrance
05:44 into the door of your heart his
05:47 conniving hide in fear tacky tactics are
05:51 used to undermine your faith in God he
05:55 spews his venomous lies into your heart
05:58 and mine why does Satan use fears one of
06:02 the greatest weapons against you and I
06:05 because he wants to distract you and get
06:08 your attention on the thing the
06:11 circumstance that is provoking fear and
06:14 to draw your attention away from himself
06:17 the one who is behind every fear that
06:22 you face
06:23 [Music]
06:24 ah Satan seduces you with his fear
06:27 filled lies that he interjects into your
06:30 perspective he steals kills and destroys
06:33 what rightfully belongs to you to those
06:36 you love and to the world around you
06:38 bringing massive destruction and death
06:41 physically mentally emotionally and
06:43 spiritually
06:44 what is Satan's ultimate goal in
06:47 tempting you with his fear provoking
06:50 words which counter and directly oppose
06:53 God's love filled protective words what
06:56 do you think it is Satan's end goal is
06:59 for you to worship and serve Him and not
07:03 God Matthew 4 9 through 10 and he Satan
07:08 said to him saying to Jesus all these
07:12 things I will give to you if you just
07:15 fall down and worship Me huh then Jesus
07:20 said to Satan away with you Satan for it
07:23 is written you shall worship the Lord
07:26 your God and him only you shall serve
07:30 because of Jesus's love relationship
07:33 with God his father he refused to bow
07:36 down and do the things on Satan's terms
07:40 on Satan's ways that he wanted Jesus to
07:45 react another word for worshipping the
07:50 Lord is fearing the Lord
07:53 so in Matthew 4:10 this is a quote from
07:56 Deuteronomy 613 and instead of saying
07:59 worship the Lord it actually says fear
08:01 the Lord and the Hebrew word for fear
08:03 there Yahweh is the exact word that
08:06 appears in the beginning part of Psalm
08:09 27 when the Lord when David says whom
08:12 shall I fear number to fear is a choice
08:17 risks and dangers are real but fear is a
08:22 choice fear beckoned Adam and Eve to
08:26 disregard God's Word God's voice and to
08:29 pray pay attention to Satan's word and
08:32 his voice fear beckoned Adam and Eve to
08:37 consider what their lives would look
08:38 if only they ate from the tree of the
08:41 knowledge and good of evil the promise
08:44 that Satan spoke to them even though it
08:46 was a lie was so appealing you will be
08:49 like God knowing good and evil
08:55 Adam and Eve chose the voice of fear
09:00 which was the mask that Satan was
09:03 wearing over and above the fourth face
09:07 and voice of love God Himself because of
09:12 Adam's and E's unbelief in God's Word
09:16 they chose to eat from the forbidden
09:18 tree disobeying God and causing the
09:21 whole human race to come under the
09:24 bondage of fear and death just like Adam
09:30 and Eve have a choice had a choice you
09:34 and I have a choice
09:35 will you obey God's Word his love
09:39 Commandments his voice even if you don't
09:42 fully understand why behind it and even
09:45 though at first glance it doesn't sound
09:47 so appealing to you or will you obey
09:50 Satan's word his fear provoking
09:53 suggestions his voice who will you place
09:57 your trust in who is telling you the
10:00 truth whose words will you believe when
10:04 you look at the Word of God you'll
10:06 understand that Jesus is the one that is
10:09 telling you the truth and Satan is a
10:12 liar Jesus is the truth john 14:6 says
10:17 jesus said i am the way the truth and
10:21 the life Jesus is the truth John 8:42
10:25 zhis said he is a man who has told you
10:28 the truth
10:30 Jesus's word is truth everything that
10:33 Jesus has spoken to us and everything
10:35 that father God has spoken to us is the
10:38 truth john seventeen eight-teen says
10:40 this Your Word is truth
10:44 proverbs 22 twenty through 21 I have
10:47 written to you that I make make you know
10:50 the certainty
10:52 of the words of truth John 8:31 through
10:56 32 if you abide in my word you are my
10:59 disciples indeed and you shall know the
11:02 truth and the truth shall set you free
11:05 the Word of God tells us that Satan is a
11:08 liar and he cannot tell you the truth
11:10 John 8:44 Satan was a murderer from the
11:15 beginning and he does not stand in the
11:18 truth because there's no truth in him
11:21 when he speaks a lie he speaks from his
11:25 own resources for he is a liar and the
11:29 father of it in order for you not to
11:33 succumb to fear its face and voice it is
11:36 crucial for you to be deeply and rooted
11:39 rooted and grounded in God's truth which
11:41 are his words of love to you knowing and
11:45 believing God and the immeasurable love
11:47 he has for you will hold your heart
11:50 steady when fear comes knocking at the
11:54 door of your heart enticing you to
11:56 believe the things you see in here that
11:58 would contradict God's nature in his
12:01 word Jesus's past passionate love
12:04 relationship with God was what held his
12:08 heart steady through all of the
12:09 temptations of this life and it is what
12:13 will hold your heart steady first John
12:18 4:16 says we have known and believed the
12:20 love that God has for us god is love and
12:23 he who abides in love abides in God and
12:26 God in him John 8:32 Jesus said to the
12:30 Jews who believed him if you abide in my
12:34 word you are my disciples indeed and you
12:37 shall know the truth and the truth shall
12:39 set you free
12:40 abiding in God's Word means you're
12:43 keeping God's Word in your thoughts your
12:46 actions and your attitudes Jesus speaks
12:49 about psalm 27:4
12:52 that reality that exists for you now as
12:55 a believer in Christ you are invited to
12:58 abide in Jesus and to allow Jesus to
13:01 abide in you
13:02 you must understand that everything God
13:05 says including all of God's commandments
13:08 originate from God's heart of love to
13:10 you once you establish this truth within
13:13 your heart
13:14 you'll be empowered to embrace a
13:18 lifestyle of obedience any good parent
13:22 will give their child dues and doubts to
13:26 keep them safe and to cause them to
13:29 prosper in their lives
13:30 why does a good parent give their child
13:33 do's and dont's because the parent has
13:36 greater wisdom and understanding than
13:39 the children God is our Heavenly Father
13:42 and he has so much wisdom and so much
13:47 understanding that he has given us do's
13:50 and dont's he has given us Commandments
13:52 that will protect us and it will cause
13:55 us if we obey them to prosper in our
13:58 lives
13:59 although fear can attack you from what
14:01 seems to be two ends of the fear
14:04 spectrum its end goal is the same it is
14:09 to gain your affections your worship and
14:12 to separate you from God from God's
14:15 goodness and his love the price of your
14:18 allegiance to fear your agreement with
14:21 lies will cost you great loss and even
14:25 your life so what are the two ends of
14:28 the fear spectrum at one end of the fear
14:31 spectrum fear tells you that you're
14:33 lacking things that will make you be
14:37 like God they'll make you wiser smarter
14:40 happier more successful it tells you
14:43 that you can be more and you can have
14:45 more fear lies to you just like it did
14:48 to Adam and Eve they were already
14:50 creating the likeness and image of God
14:52 they had everything they are already
14:55 given God's glory in the kingdoms of
14:58 this earth they are already richly
15:01 blessed by God and God was can allow
15:04 that blessing to flow through them and
15:06 be manifested throughout all the earth
15:08 and as new creations in Jesus Christ she
15:11 had been given all the same blessings
15:13 that Adam and Eve once had before
15:15 they sinned and before they fell you
15:18 have the power and authority to say no
15:20 to fear and yes to God's love for you
15:24 for Jesus has given you authority and
15:27 power now over all the works of Darkness
15:30 over every fear that would ever try to
15:33 touch you so what does fear telling you
15:36 at this one end of the spectrum is it
15:39 telling that you can have more money
15:40 more and greater opportunities more love
15:44 a better life a better spouse that life
15:47 is greener on the other side of the
15:49 fence if only you would eat from what
15:52 God is forbidding you to eat from at the
15:56 other end of the fear spectrum fear
15:58 tells you that you and your loved one
16:00 situation or condition is hopeless that
16:03 nothing will change that your prayers
16:06 are not making a difference in that God
16:08 has not and will not help you or save
16:10 you it provokes you into believing that
16:13 the fear provoking circumstances
16:15 concerns and problems are bigger and
16:18 greater than your God both ends of the
16:21 fear spectrum are meant for you to
16:23 question to doubt who God is and who
16:27 you're in Christ is a new creation
16:28 meeting God's likeness and image because
16:32 Adam and Eve chose the spirit of fear
16:34 over the Spirit of the Lord which is the
16:37 spirit of power and love and a sound
16:39 mind fear consumed their thoughts and
16:42 actions by now you might understand who
16:46 it is that gave Adam and Eve the
16:48 beginning of the human race the spirit
16:50 of fear who is it
16:52 Satan therefore you need to make the
16:55 quality decision to resist fear like you
16:58 would resist Satan himself because he is
17:01 the originator he is the source of all
17:04 fear he is the face and voice behind
17:10 every fear you will face when Adam heard
17:14 God's voice
17:14 Adam expanded back to God with fear and
17:17 he hid himself he says I heard your
17:20 voice in the garden and I was afraid
17:22 because I was naked and I hid myself now
17:27 if you remember one of the definitions I
17:29 gave you
17:29 from Webster's 1828 dictionary on fear
17:33 one of the definitions of doubt is to
17:37 question another one is to be filled
17:40 with fear when Adam and Eve questioned
17:43 God they were filled with fear because
17:47 one of the definitions of doubt because
17:50 they made the decision they made the
17:53 choice to distrust God and to trust
17:57 Satan and his word fear paralyzes you
18:01 and keeps you in the land of unbelief
18:04 causing you not to be able to enter
18:06 God's promised land into God's rest
18:09 Hebrews 3:12 tells us this
18:13 beware brethren lest there be in any of
18:16 you an evil heart of unbelief in
18:19 departing from the Living God
18:21 see that's what happened to Adam and Eve
18:23 their heart departed from the Living God
18:25 their heart was filled with evil an evil
18:31 heart of unbelief that's what God calls
18:34 it
18:35 verse 19 from Hebrews 3 says so they
18:38 could not enter in there talking about
18:41 the children the Israelites going into
18:43 Promised Land they couldn't enter in
18:45 because of what unbelief unbelief begins
18:51 with fear the Israelites feared many
18:54 things that were in the promised land
18:57 the Giants and it was their perspective
19:00 that Satan gave them in Psalm 27 David
19:04 prompted the holy spirit prompted by the
19:07 Holy Spirit gives us a fresh perspective
19:09 of the quality twice you can make when
19:13 everything around you seems dark and
19:15 dismal in this psalm God is not only
19:18 calling you to let your faith in God be
19:21 bigger than your fears but it gives you
19:24 his antidote to live by faith and not to
19:29 live by your fears
19:31 Roman numeral three God's antidote to
19:35 fear from Psalm 27 seek my face early in
19:41 David's life he discovered not only how
19:44 to live fearlessly but how to live as
19:46 God always intended for him as well as
19:51 any of you can live God's antidote to
19:55 fear is see my face Psalm twenty seven
19:59 eight when David heard God speak this to
20:04 his heart David responded my heart said
20:08 to you your face Lord will I seek what's
20:13 your response
20:14 will you give the Lord lip service in
20:17 response to his request of seeking his
20:21 face of having a face-to-face
20:23 relationship with you or will you give
20:26 Jesus your heart like David did all of
20:30 your heart what is God what does seeking
20:34 God's face mean it means that you are
20:37 living your life every aspect of your
20:39 life in and from a close abiding
20:42 relationship with God through His Son
20:45 Jesus Christ psalm 27:4 gives us further
20:49 insight into this reality of seeking
20:51 God's face which will cover more towards
20:54 the end of this lesson
20:56 seeking God's face involves doing all of
20:59 God's will even when it looks impossible
21:02 or you don't understand why he's asking
21:05 you to do it especially when you have
21:07 the added complexity of fear staring you
21:11 in the face and shouting in your ears
21:13 demanding that you follow its will can
21:17 you imagine the mother of Jesus telling
21:22 the servants whatever Jesus says to you
21:26 do it they had to get these big jugs you
21:30 know at the Canaan wedding and give them
21:33 to Jesus so that he could do the
21:35 impossible but he wanted to involve them
21:38 in the process they could have feared
21:40 like oh man I don't want to look stupid
21:42 you know that they
21:44 Mary Jesus's mother says just do it and
21:48 that's what God tells us to do he's
21:51 telling us today just do whatever Jesus
21:53 tells us you to do that's part of
21:56 seeking God's face seeing God's face
21:59 involves turning your face away from the
22:02 face of fear just like David did in his
22:05 declarations in Psalm 27 one through
22:08 three and turning your face to God like
22:11 he does in verse four seeking God face
22:16 praise your kingdom come your will be
22:21 done on earth as it is in heaven
22:26 seeking God's face makes a resolution
22:29 your heart to do all of God's will which
22:32 involves saying no to fear acts 13:22
22:37 God said about David I have found David
22:40 the son of Jesse a man after my own
22:44 heart who will do all my will won't you
22:50 like God to say that about you I know I
22:53 want God to say that about me doing all
22:56 of God's will is a choice a choice
22:58 you'll never forget once she makes the
23:01 quality decision in your heart to do all
23:03 of God's will God's grace will enable
23:06 you to carry it out as you lean into him
23:09 for his strength and help to do it and I
23:13 thought how can I relate this to you so
23:16 Ken and I were married we're going on
23:18 our 38th year of marriage and we made a
23:22 quality decision to say I do to one
23:24 another 38 years ago I did to becoming
23:27 one flesh meant that both of us how to
23:30 make the quality decision to say I will
23:33 love you and I will honor you all the
23:36 days of my life until death do us part
23:40 that's what your I do to the Lord is
23:43 when you receive him into your heart is
23:46 saying I'm gonna love you and honor you
23:47 all the days of my life
23:49 once we make this primary decision
23:52 though it's just like in a marriage
23:54 every day we have choices
23:58 to make that show that we love and show
24:02 that we honor God embracing the
24:06 lifestyle of obedience a heart that says
24:08 yes to doing all of God's will attracts
24:12 King Jesus and his kingdom to come here
24:15 on this earth into your life and
24:17 circumstances and into the lives of
24:20 those you touch David
24:22 embraced a life of obedience from the
24:26 time he was young all the way up until
24:29 he died does this mean that he did
24:31 everything perfectly no he made some
24:34 huge mistakes but unlike Saul he
24:37 repented and he leaned into God's mercy
24:41 realigning his heart over and over again
24:45 to do all of God's will David chose a
24:50 lifestyle of obedience because of his
24:52 passion for God how about you Psalm 27
25:00 reflects his lifestyle through his many
25:03 I will statements these I will
25:06 statements mirrored God's kingdom in
25:09 God's will for his life the Israel lives
25:12 and for your life and my life that's all
25:16 sadie's together I will not fear I will
25:19 trust be confident in God I will seek
25:23 God's face and dwell in his presence I
25:26 will offer sacrifices of joy I'll sing
25:29 praises to God I will wait on the Lord I
25:33 will be of good courage acts 2:25
25:37 through 26 gives us insight to how David
25:41 could make such bold exuberant
25:43 declarations of faith even when his
25:45 enemies were surrounding him and
25:47 breathing out violence I foresaw the
25:52 Lord always before my face
25:57 he is at my right hand that I might not
26:01 be shaken therefore my heart rejoiced
26:04 and my tongue was glad moreover my flesh
26:07 will also rest in hope
26:10 David had set the Lord before his face
26:13 and this is what you and I can do we do
26:19 this by faith seeing God talking with
26:23 him face to face and as we realize that
26:27 God is really with us and for us then we
26:31 won't be shaken when fear comes knocking
26:34 at the door God's faith speaks of his
26:39 personality his nature what are some of
26:42 the faces that David sets before his
26:45 face as he sings his praise and
26:47 petitions to God in Psalm 27 the Lord is
26:52 my light and my salvation he's my
26:54 strength the Lord is my defender my
26:56 protector my deliverer he's my helper my
26:59 caretaker and he is good David
27:03 understood that God's light would cause
27:05 darkness no matter how thick it was to
27:09 flee David knew that didn't matter if an
27:11 entire army was surrounding him even it
27:14 was was comprised of thousands of
27:17 Goliath that God would save him David
27:22 knew that God was more powerful than all
27:24 those breathing out violence against him
27:28 notice that David did not just affirm
27:30 who God is but who God is for him
27:33 personally he used the personal pronouns
27:36 my me in relationship to the faces of
27:40 God remember that Psalm 27 like all the
27:44 other Psalms or sung prayers as David
27:46 beheld the beauty of the Lord praising
27:49 and worshipping God David attracted
27:52 God's presence and power in his heart
27:56 his life and in his circumstances
27:58 freeing him from the fear provoking
28:01 circumstances that were all around him
28:05 psalm 22:3 behold your holy enthroned in
28:10 the praises of Israel
28:12 the glory of the Lord and the beauty of
28:15 the Lord are synonymous as you make the
28:17 quality decision to behold the beauty or
28:20 the glory of the Lord God transforms
28:23 your heart your inner thoughts and
28:25 emotions into the image of Jesus it
28:29 talks about that in 2nd Corinthians 3:18
28:32 but we all with unveiled face beholding
28:35 as a mirror the glory of the Lord are
28:37 being transformed into the same image
28:39 from glory to glory from beauty to
28:42 beauty here's your beautifying thing
28:45 that you can do every day just as a
28:47 spirit by the Spirit of the Lord
28:49 once you behold God's face his
28:50 personality you will come face to face
28:53 with Jesus the one who is the exact
28:56 image of God and the one who is the
28:59 Prince of Peace
29:00 as she behold the one who is pshh
29:04 you'll be transformed into peace Isaiah
29:07 9:6 says for unto us a child is born and
29:11 his name will be called one of his
29:13 name's is the Prince of Peace John 10:27
29:18 peace I leave with you my peace I give
29:20 to you not as the world gives do I give
29:23 to you but not your heart be troubled
29:25 and don't let it be afraid the Holy
29:28 Spirit invites you to magnify of the
29:30 Lord and to make him bigger than your
29:32 fears when you magnify God that fear
29:35 provoking circumstances will not find
29:38 room in your heart or life if you're
29:40 afraid of sickness or cancer killing you
29:43 magnify the Lord who is your healer if
29:46 you are afraid of life magnify the Lord
29:50 who is provide your provider Psalm 34 3
29:55 Oh magnify the Lord with me and let us
29:59 exalt his name together so what's God's
30:02 antidote to fear he invites you to his
30:05 banqueting table and here we have
30:08 communion up in front that's your
30:09 banqueting table and he sets up his
30:12 banner over you a banner of love just
30:16 like God did for David so you can
30:19 who God is who Jesus is in the presence
30:23 of your enemy Psalm 23:4 was written 23
30:27 was written by David and verse 4 says
30:29 you God you prepare a table for me in
30:33 the presence of my enemies so the
30:35 enemies are all surrounding and they get
30:38 to see you feeding off of the beauty of
30:41 the Lord who God is and the more you
30:43 partake of God the stronger you become
30:46 in that reality and that reality will
30:49 come out of you so that you can speak to
30:51 the storms that are trying to topple
30:54 your life and cause the storms to be
30:57 silenced one thing life style Roman
31:01 numeral four seeking God's face God's
31:03 presence was the one thing
31:05 David desired the one thing that David
31:10 desired the most is God God was David's
31:14 first and highest priority God was a
31:18 primary daydream of David's heart David
31:22 spoke about his life's vision in psalm
31:25 27:4
31:26 one thing I have desired of the Lord
31:29 that will I seek that I may dwell in the
31:31 house of the Lord all the days of my
31:33 life to behold his beauty and to enquire
31:37 in his temple dwelling in God's presence
31:40 was the premier focus for David's life
31:44 in God's presence speaks about in God's
31:49 presence David speaks about doing two
31:51 things that are not out automatic but
31:54 rather it's a process that takes time to
31:57 behold the beauty of the Lord this means
32:00 studying seeking beholding meditating
32:04 and experiencing God's beauty as
32:06 revealed by the word by the Spirit by
32:09 creation and by God's hand in history
32:13 through the Bible and through the
32:15 history that's happened since the Bible
32:17 a lot of people want to skip over what's
32:19 involved in beholding God's beauty and
32:21 get right into wanting its effect upon
32:24 their lives and upon their heart but it
32:27 doesn't work that way
32:29 be holding God's Beauty means being
32:32 totally fascinated and awed by what you
32:35 see to inquire in his temples the second
32:39 thing that David did in God's presence
32:43 inquiring in God's temple means that
32:45 you're going to receive prophetic
32:47 instruction and divine information about
32:50 how to live out God's calling upon your
32:52 life so that you can do all of God's
32:55 will Mike Bickle is the leader of the
32:59 International House of Prayer in Kansas
33:01 City Missouri and he stated something
33:04 about psalm 27:4 he says the power of
33:06 this verse or this principle of David's
33:08 life is seen in two words one thing I
33:12 hope held one thing conferences for 20
33:16 years with 20,000 people mainly young
33:20 people attending each year for four days
33:23 after Christmas and they did this up and
33:27 tell this last year they did it 2018 as
33:30 their last year that they're doing these
33:31 one thing conferences as they wanted to
33:33 do a spiritual reset for themselves the
33:36 name one thing comes from Psalm 27 for
33:40 David's life vision which was the vision
33:43 prophetically given to Mike Bickle for
33:46 IHOP the 24/7 worship and prayer
33:49 movement before God highlighted psalm
33:52 27:4 - Mike Bickle he was how many
33:55 people pray out loud but he considered
33:58 revival prayers when the Lord gave Mike
34:00 Bickle psalm 27:4 he didn't even want to
34:03 pray it out loud because it didn't fit
34:06 his preconceived paradigm for what
34:08 revival prayer should be but a prophet
34:11 called him later that night telling him
34:13 that psalm 27:4
34:15 was of the lord after that psalm 27:4
34:19 became one of the central verses of the
34:22 International House of Prayer Mike
34:24 understood its importance in increasing
34:26 ways as years went by he understood if
34:29 we lose our first love the one we are
34:31 created for even our great increase in
34:34 labor becomes fruitless I believe this
34:37 is why I hop did a spiritual reset last
34:39 year for discontinuing the one thing
34:41 can't
34:42 for a period of time because for the
34:44 four days for the one thing conference
34:46 it took four months of preparation from
34:49 the entire I heart family causing them
34:52 to be a people of many things rather
34:55 than a people of one thing that's my
34:57 perception my family had the privilege
35:01 of going to IHOP for the first time two
35:04 there one thing conference in 2004 this
35:07 one thing conference along with
35:09 connecting ourselves to the IHOP
35:10 movement which is the 24/7 house of
35:13 worship and prayer literally changed the
35:16 spiritual retreat to trajectory of my
35:19 life and for that of my family like
35:22 never before I discovered the sheer
35:24 delight of connecting to God through
35:26 prayer and worship the Word of God came
35:29 alive for me and my prayer life was
35:32 radically changed I basically learned
35:34 how to connect with God and fresh and
35:36 new ways throughout the day through
35:39 prayer and worship I hopped advertising
35:43 this past year for the one thing
35:45 conference brought forth and necessity
35:47 of the one thing lifestyle here's some
35:50 of the advertising that I read one thing
35:53 not many things we often stumble in the
35:58 darkness from thing to thing looking for
36:01 everything but the one thing we don't
36:06 need more stimulation we need less
36:09 distraction in the coming storm
36:12 we need the focus that produces
36:15 fearlessness it's time for revolution
36:20 society as a signal to noise ratio has
36:23 become so low on truth and hope and so
36:26 high on hype and relevance that the
36:29 human soul is left deafened and deadened
36:32 by sheer noise emptiness and boredom
36:36 have produced the cycles a spiritual
36:39 clickbait the church can no longer rely
36:42 any bigger on any idea bigger than God
36:45 himself over the years one thing slowly
36:49 becomes many things for the church
36:52 Jesus affirms of one thing lifestyle
36:55 Jesus told Martha who is distracted with
36:58 much serving that one thing is needed as
37:02 Mary sat at Jesus's feet she peacefully
37:05 focused on one thing well Martha was
37:09 worried and troubled about many things
37:13 Luke 1042 but one thing is needed mary
37:17 has chosen the best part the right thing
37:21 and it will not be taken from her the
37:24 centerpiece of the Sermon on the Mount
37:26 is establishing God and his kingdom as
37:29 the first and highest priority in your
37:31 life making God your one thing Matthew
37:35 6:33 through 34 but seek ye first the
37:39 kingdom of God and His righteousness and
37:41 all these other things shall be added to
37:44 you 34 therefore do not worry about
37:49 tomorrow seek the king and his kingdom
37:53 ruling and reigning over your life over
37:55 your inner man your mind your will and
37:57 your emotions when you keep the main
37:59 thing God the main thing you'll have the
38:03 power to not be afraid and not to be
38:05 worried number 5 David's one thing
38:09 lifestyle to understand David's passion
38:12 for this one thing lifestyle want to
38:14 share some highlights from his life as I
38:17 share about David's life I want you to
38:18 consider how you can prioritize Jesus in
38:21 your own life becoming a person after
38:23 God's own heart was willing to do all of
38:27 God's will from very young age David was
38:30 a worshiping warrior as David tended
38:33 sheep in his younger years he could
38:34 became proficient with both his harp and
38:37 a sling through worshipping and praising
38:40 God
38:40 David developed a passion for God that
38:43 far outweighed anything the world had to
38:47 offer and far outweighed any fear
38:50 provoking threat he would ever face
38:53 where the majority of people would be
38:55 afraid or even coming close of even
38:58 coming close to a lion or a bear fearing
39:00 that they might be struck down or killed
39:03 by such a fierce animal David pursued
39:05 and kill
39:06 both the lion and the bear in order to
39:09 protect his father's sheep how did he
39:11 have the strength and courage to do this
39:13 because I believe it's because David had
39:16 already experienced a transcendent
39:19 beauty and glory of God to such an
39:22 extent that he knew that God would be
39:25 with him and fighting with him and
39:27 winning the battle for him when Sano
39:30 chose David among the eight sons of
39:32 Jesse and anointed him as a new king the
39:34 king to take Saul's place the Lord spoke
39:37 to Samuel reminding him that the Lord
39:40 looks at the heart and not the outward
39:42 appearance for Samuel 16:7 for the Lord
39:45 does not see as man sees the Lord looks
39:47 at the heart then Samuel took the Horn
39:50 of anointing oil and anointed him and
39:53 the Spirit of the Lord came upon David
39:56 from that day forward what did God see
40:00 when he looked at David's heart a man
40:03 after my own heart
40:05 who will do all my will a person after
40:08 God's heart is one who echoes what God
40:11 says Psalm 27 reveals David echoing
40:15 God's heart when you said seek my face
40:18 my heart said to you your face will I
40:21 seek because people recognize that the
40:25 Lord was with David he was called upon
40:27 to play his heart for fall who was
40:30 troubled by evil spirits David would
40:32 take a harp and play it with his hand
40:34 and Saul would become refreshed and well
40:36 in the distressing Spirit would depart
40:39 from him this last Tuesday in the Cameo
40:41 Healing Rooms I saw many of your faces
40:44 as we did an evening of worship and
40:47 healing and we found out that the evil
40:50 spirits don't like to hang out where
40:53 there's worship going on just like we
40:55 read in 1st Samuel 1623 so not only did
41:00 we have a lot of positive reports what
41:02 happens happening to people's inner man
41:03 people's physical beings we had those
41:06 two report one lady
41:07 Bessie who said for one month since our
41:10 last evening of worship and healing that
41:12 she had no pain she has stage 4 cancer
41:16 that's her diagnosis but had no pain and
41:18 no he
41:18 cups that she was having continuously
41:20 and it wasn't because of increased
41:22 medication or anything that like that
41:24 was the prayer and the worship that was
41:25 going on one month ago and then this
41:28 last Tuesday because of the worship and
41:31 prayer going up a lady came forward and
41:33 she has seven out of ten pain caused by
41:37 kidney stones and immediately her pain
41:39 just laughed and she gave testimony to
41:42 that so it's born-again believers which
41:45 we focus on God as being our one thing
41:48 and decide to make that quality decision
41:50 to worship and to praise him no matter
41:52 what things look like the enemy and
41:55 darkness has to flee well the one thing
41:58 lifestyle means taking time away from
42:00 the distractions of this world to
42:02 worship pray and to read and meditate on
42:05 the Word of God submitting yourself to
42:08 his beauty and wisdom although David saw
42:11 Goliath size and her Goliath word along
42:15 with everyone else's fearful reaction to
42:18 him including his the Israelite kings
42:20 and soldiers reaction David chose
42:24 remember fear as a choice David chose to
42:27 place his faith in God confronting and
42:30 killing Goliath with his sling or the
42:33 Israelites chose fear for Samuel 1724
42:40 says and all the men of Israel when they
42:44 saw the man Goliath they fled from him
42:47 and were dreadfully afraid the face a
42:53 voice and fear comes from Satan and he
42:56 wants you to run in the opposite
42:59 direction of the dreams and plans that
43:02 God has for your life
43:05 David zealously pursued one thing
43:07 bringing the arc of a covenant the
43:09 earthly throne of God where the presence
43:11 of God dwelt into Jerusalem Israel's new
43:14 capital the first time David attempted
43:17 to do this he had gathered 30,000 men
43:20 and played along with the house of
43:22 Israel music before the Lord with all
43:25 kinds of instruments unknowingly he
43:28 didn't do this according to the Bible
43:30 and what it said and so he had put the
43:32 Ark of the Covenant on a cart and when
43:36 Uzziah stretched out to steady the cart
43:38 when the oxen started to stumble he was
43:40 instantly killed David didn't give up
43:43 second time he was the ark in the
43:45 dwelling place of God into Jerusalem he
43:49 chose to do it as God had instructed
43:52 David had the Ark of God brought in by
43:55 the Levites into the tabernacle that
43:57 David built for the Furret in the City
43:59 of David offering sacrifices every six
44:02 cases as the Ark was carried but I want
44:05 you to notice in 1st 2nd Samuel 6 14
44:09 through 15 and 22 what was said about
44:12 how the Ark of the Covenant God's
44:14 presence was brought into Jerusalem then
44:17 David danced before the Lord with all
44:19 his might a lot of you've heard that
44:21 part and David was wearing a linen ephod
44:23 so David and all the house of Israel
44:26 brought up the Ark of the Lord with
44:28 shouting and with the sound of the
44:31 trumpet verse 21 this is what he says in
44:35 I will statement I will play music
44:38 before the Lord and I will be even more
44:41 dignified than this David led the whole
44:45 nation of Israel into seeking God's
44:47 presence continually David's personal
44:49 lifetime vision is one thing focus was
44:54 brought to the nation at Israel in the
44:57 form of night and day worship before the
44:59 presence of the Lord the Ark of the
45:02 Covenant God's earthly throne was housed
45:04 in a tent not a temple for David's reign
45:08 of 33 years in Jerusalem because God do
45:12 not allow David to build a temple
45:14 literally there were no barriers between
45:16 God and the people
45:19 they were able to enter into God's
45:21 presence through worship praise and
45:25 thanksgiving blessing his name and it
45:27 wasn't dependent upon in that time blood
45:31 sacrifices
45:32 that's just like totally astonishing the
45:35 nation was led by David the king who was
45:38 a psalmist a songwriter wes is a
45:42 songwriter David wrote the nation's
45:44 songs about God turning people's focuses
45:47 turning the Israelites to God these
45:49 songs help shape the Israelites lives
45:52 and the lives of many people throughout
45:55 the ages causing people to line their
45:58 hearts with God's heart so that they
46:01 would give all of their heart to God one
46:05 of David's primary themes in his songs
46:08 was God's mercy and loving-kindness
46:10 other themes include God's supernatural
46:13 protection like we read in Psalm 27 get
46:18 this David raised up from the Levites
46:21 4000 musicians 288 singers to worship
46:28 before the Ark of the Lord that's the
46:30 place where God's presence dwelt and he
46:33 did this night and day 4000 musicians
46:38 David may plans for a temple for God his
46:41 son Solomon that his son Solomon would
46:44 build David made it clear that the
46:48 temple is not for man but for the Lord
46:51 God and he gave his own resources to
46:55 build the temple where the Ark of the
46:58 Covenant would rest once he had died he
47:02 says this in first chronicles 29 3
47:05 moreover because I have set my affection
47:07 on the house of my god I have given to
47:10 the house of my god over and above all
47:13 that I have prepared for the holy house
47:15 my own special treasures of gold and
47:18 silver as David pursued this one thing
47:21 lifestyle David was able to see what
47:25 most of the Israelites could not see he
47:28 is able to see God
47:30 this light his salvation and his
47:33 strength like Psalm 27 says David's one
47:37 thing lifestyle seeking God above all
47:40 else created within David an
47:42 extraordinary confidence in God and as
47:47 he live more and more before the face of
47:49 God
47:51 he became fearless Psalm 27:1 3:3 the
47:56 Lord is my light and my salvation whom
47:58 shall I fear the Lord is the strength of
48:02 my life of whom shall I be afraid when
48:05 the wicked came against me to eat up my
48:08 flesh my enemies they stumbled and fell
48:10 though an army me encamp against me my
48:14 heart shall not be afraid the war rise
48:18 against me and this I'll be confident
48:21 one thing I have desire and that will I
48:24 seek that I may dwell in the presence of
48:28 my lord inside of Jesus Christ all the
48:33 days of my life to behold his beauty the
48:37 many faces of God and to enquire in his
48:42 temple
48:44 father I just thank you and I praise you
48:47 Lord for Psalm 27 and this is the
48:53 passion of our heart tonight is to be
48:58 people of one thing so I am asking
49:00 strength for each and every person here
49:02 and each and every person that will be
49:04 listening online that you would
49:07 strengthen us by the power of your Holy
49:10 Spirit to pursue you as our one thing
49:16 our main thing to pursue you as our
49:19 highest and greatest priority in our
49:22 life to seek you to seek your kingdom to
49:26 seek your face and that all these lesser
49:29 things come into place as a result we
49:32 praise you and we worship with you but
49:35 sing Psalm 27 together with Wes